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Vol. 1—No. 73 New York—PARIS—L o n do n Wednesday, Sept. 27,1944

Peace Plan Foxhole Imagination Boosts V% Into V* Isolated Sky troops Wage WITH THIRD U.S. ARMY, For Reich France, Sept. 26 (UP).—Front- line foxhole rumors describe Germany's unseen V : as a roc- Stirs a Rift ket bomb, 60 feet long, five feet Battle to Death in Holland; in diameter, weighing 14 tons, propelled by liquid air and al- By John M. Hightower cohol, controlled by, radio and having an exploding radius of Associated Press Correspondent. more than a mile. Guesses as U.S. Fronts in Grip of Lull WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 to the size of the weapon have (AP) .—President Roosevelt's doubled in the past week. Disinterested observers here cabinet committee on German are wagering that V2 will rank TDs Stream Into Reich Jl peace policy has split wide in size with the 103-story Empire Lifeline North open, it was learned today, State Building in New York by over a plan sponsored by Se- the time the Yanks cross the Widened by j? cretary of the Treasury Henry Rhine. : ^ Morgenthau for completely British destroying Germany as a GIs Terrorized ; modern industrial state and Their strength sapped by converting it to an agricultural country of small farms. In Paris? Army mounting casualties and a • Morgenthau's plan was drawn up nine-day struggle against ter- after his recent return from the European b? fronts and England, Denies Rumors rific odds, a dwindling Brit- and is reported to have had the ish airborne army yesterday general approval of Mr. Roosevelt Categorically, denying any wide- since before hi.-- Quebec cenference continued its heroic stand spread acts of violence or terrorism wiih Prime Minister Churchill. It west of Arnhem, in Holland, failed to win support, however, from against American soldiers in Paris, Secretary of State Corde'l Hull, and Col. E. G. Buhrmaster, Seine Base but field dispatches hinted is violently opposed by War Secre- Section provost marshal, declared that only immediate relief in tary Henry L. Stimson. Hull, Stim- son and Morgenthau form the cabi- yesterday that most troops injured strength could the sky- net committee. in France's leading city were victims troops. of traffic accidents. Program Planning Stalled There was no confirmation of a The Army police chief quashed German report that 600 men- For the time being, the dispute city-wide rumors that numerous remnants of units dropped into over the Morgenthau plan has so American soldiers had been stabbed Holland to pave the Way for a interfered with Treasury, War and or shot in Faris alleys, stating that British thrust to the Rhine—had State Department work on detailed since the first 10 c'ays after the surrendered. arrangements for the post-war con- liberation only occasional cases of However, front-line reports indi- trol of Germany that the three- foul play had been reported. cated that the besieged garrison, power pla Jiing by this country, "These incidents were no more isolated near Oosterbeek, two miles Britain and Russia on a long-range than what could normally be ex- west of Arnhem, was holding under German policy also is virtually pected in a city this size," Buhr- murderous enemy fire, awaiting jjC stalled. master said, noting that perpetra- aid from the British Second Army, President Roosevelt presented the. tors of these isolated outrages which was massed on the south Morgenthau plan to the Prime included U.S. trpops themselves as bank of the Lek River. Minister tX Quebec. well as civilians. Morgenthau came away from RAF Strikes in Support No General Passes U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo. Quebec wi„h the* impression Chur- Soon after the Nazis announced He added that in the first 10 days Water Is no obstacle to these U.S. tank destroyers, which ford chill found 1 *s proposals acceptable, the surrender of the beleaguered after liberation an average of four stream as they advance into Germany. The Americans entered especially since Anthony Eden was troops, the RAF sent more than murders were committed a day. the Reich in force on Sept. 12. reported to hold similar views. 1,100 heavy bombers to strike in Since, there have been only occa- Russia's plans are unknown, but support of the trapped airborners. Morgenthau based his plans on sional incidents. Pounded were Osnabruck, Hamm The provost marshal denied that these three assumptions about and Bremen, communication cen- terrorism was the reason for- placing Manchuria Russia: M18 TD Earns ters orf the main railroad supplying Paris off-limits to men on pass 1. —It wants East Prussia and German troops defending the Lek. most of Silesia given to Poland to except those in the immediate area. A trickle of supplies and rein- He said food and housing shortages By B29s-Japs offset Poland's loss of eastern ter- Praise of Army forcements for the paratroopers al- ritory to the Soviet. were the main reasons for the ban. American super-Forts have bombed ready has been shipped across the 2. —It wants German labor bat- Except when they are on official WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—The Anshan, important industrial city Lek, but rescue of the troops rests talions to be put to work in the business, no officers or enlisted men Army's new tank destroyer, the in Manchuria, already twice raided on a Second Army crossing of the Soviet Union for reconstruction. are allowed in the capital unless M18, has proved its effectiveness by B29s, Tokyo Radio reported yes- river in strength. Apparently, the 3. —It wants the U.S. and Britain they are stationed in the "Paris with "smashing- performances" in terday. The War Department said Germans are massed on the north to occupy Germany, in view of her area," which includes the city itself France, the War Department said only that "military targets" had bank in wait for any such opera- own big manpower needs. and most of the suburbs except today. been attacked by the super-Forts. tion. Hull is known to be determined Versailles. Men in the city on offi- "The M18 is the hottest thing-.in Meanwhile, reports from Peleliu As Gen. Dempsey's right flank that whatever plan is decided on cial business must carry written Islands, in the Palaus, said that U.S. pushed to the east to widen must be agreeable to Russia as a orders to that effect, it was stated. today's armored warfare," accord- marines had killed 8,288 Japs in the corridor stretching from Bel- basis of co-operation for a world Meanwhile, MP officials reiter- ing to Capt. Charles R. Adkins, their drive inland. A single Cata- gium to the Dutch city of Nijme- security organization. ated that no Army vehicle may be Army automotive expert just back left unattended. All driverless jeeps lina flying-boat has sunk two de- gen, British and Belgian patrols, from front-line observation with the Morgenthau Plan and trucks are being picked up by stroyer escorts and a submarine heading for the German frontier, The Morgenthau plan is under- MPs. Third Army. tender in the Gulf of Davao, in the fanned ou| on a 42-mile front to- ward the Meuse. The Germans stood to provide:— There is a GI transient parking Ten bogey wheels on Hie M18 Philippines, and a U.S. Navy plane 1. —The removal from Germany lot in Paris where vehicles may be each operate independently, and destroyed a 10,000-ton tanker in the were reported to be blowing up to devastated countries of what- left under MP guard. It is at' the thus one broken wheel will not in- Celebes. Land-based aircraft bombed their Meuse bridges. ■> ever industrial machinery these Jardin des Tuileries, Just off the capacitate the TD. The vehicle the harbor and shipping at Chichi The British Second Army, after ^ nations want and the destruction Place de la Concorde. mounts cannon. Hima, in the Bonins. smashing savage Germ?n attempts to cut the Allied lifeline from Bel- of the remainder. 2. —The permanent closing of gium, widened the corridor by ad- whatever mines remain in the post- vancing eastward to capture the towns of Helmond, Deurne, and war German state. Guts Took the Bridge at Nijmegen I.Iook. Liberation of the three 3. —The cession of the Saar and towns virtually opened another western German industrial areas route northward for the British. to France and the eastern areas frontal assault, decided to cut a half miie WITH U.S. AIRBORNE TROOPS IN HOL- In contrast to the fierce battle to Poland. LAND, Sept. 26 (AP). — For raw courage, northwest of the town, leap the river, turn raging in Holland, there was a com- 4. -—The dissolution of large Ger- east and come on the bridge from behind. parative lull on the First and Third man land holdings to small, farms. the battle for Nijmegen bridge fought by U.S. Army fronts from north of 5. —To withhold assistance, eco- American airborne troops ranks with the The general was informed of the scheme nomic or otherwise, to the German Marine capture of Tarawa in the Pacific. at 9 PM on Sept. 20. At first it was necessary (Continued on Page 4) people, forcing them to make their It was a Masterpiece of military im- to plot the clearing of the enemy from the own way. 3,500 Tons of Bonibs 6. —The prolonged control of provisation which was "impossible accord- beaches from which to launch the assault. Germany by an Allied military com- ing to the textbooks" and was achieved American infantry, supported by British Blast Nazis at Calais mission. "only through the quality of our troops," tanks, did this early the next day, taking 7. —No outngnt reparations, since RAF bombers in daylight yester Germany would be an agricultural said the commanding general of the division more than 30.0 prisoners. day dropped more than 3,500 tons state" with little or no commerce. which did it. While this operation was underway, boats hustled up to await H-Hour—3 PM Sept. 21. of bombs, on German positions at . The audacious operation of crossing trfe Calais and on heavy guns and MURDER NEAR PENTAGON 300-yard tidal Waal River in daylight under At 2:45 a heavy artillery barrage poured radio equipment at Cap Gris Nez. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. — FBI enemy fire—in which British troops and the onto the northern beaches, followed by a Monday night, RAF Mosquitoes agents questioned an elderly res- Dutch underground played major r61es—was barrage of smoke shells. Then the first of 26 attacked Mannheim, in western taurant worker in connection with conceived and finished in less than 24 hours. boats stuck their noses into the water. The Germany, with the loss of one the death of Mr Margaret Fitz- plane, while fighter-bombers of the water, 53-year-old widow, whose With the Germans holding both ends of Nazis raked the river with artillery, mortar, U.S. Ninth Air Force hit enemy nude and battered body was found the bridge—a lifeline to airborners isolated machine-gun and small-awns fire. communications and marshalling floating in a lagoon ear the Army's Thirteen boats returned. The eight-mile- yards for the eighth consecutive Pentagon bidding. The woman's at Arnhem eight miles north—the Amer- day. throat had been slashed, police said. icans, after abandoning plans for a suicidal (Continued on Page 4) Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, Sept. 27,1944

An Editorial etow XT What Do You DoWith This Kid? OUT H£RE. About 50 artillerymen in France own an interest in one of the most cherished "Pin-Ups" in Europe. And MONG the 20,000 Ger- A: We want living space. They've Got a Witness! it's not a gal—it's a large picture A mans who surrendered * * of Times Square during the rush at Beaugency the other day If Germany doesn't ... So far there has been nothing hour. Q: said about Ohio. Ohio may not be was a 17-year-old kid like win the war, will you the best state, but you won't find Yanks are ingenious. After test- this. He was cute as a bug, fight again for lebens- one nicer. Ohio is the Indian word ing their ability at building tank- with flaxen hair, blue" eyes raum? traps on the battlefeld. a bunch of for beautiful. Anything you want, and a peaches and cream A: I cannot reply. you will find it in Ohio.—Pvt. Glenn S. Robison, Cpl. Henry M. Birn- skin that had never been * * * " baum, Cpl. Sera/mo J. Falbo, T/3 nicked by a razor. He was Q: Do you think the Ger- Clarence E. McNeil, MRU. shy and soft-spoken and he mans are the master P.S.—I am from New Jersey, but blushed as he talked, like race? some of the happiest days of my life, have been spent in Ohio.—Sgt. any nice youngster with a A: If the Fuehrer says so, A. F. Stasi. grownup stranger. This is it is true. * * .# how the conversation went: * * * 'Blood and Guts' *> * * Q: Where would you like With all the hullabaloo going on Engineers on leave used their know- Question: How long have to be sent? about what to do with Germany ledge to build a "taxi-trap" on a big you been in the army? A: To the United States. after the war—why not install Gen. city thoroughfare and snare an elusive cab. Answer: 36 weeks. 32 * * * Patton as governor-general? Since • • • Q: The U.S. has many the Huns seem to like to fight, he weeks in France. 4 weeks It could happen only in England. in Germany. , kinds of people— could divide them up into squadrons While cycling through a village one and companies and let them have cool evening, Capt. L. M. Hender- * * * ~" Czechs, Poles, Negroes, a strictly GI war every two or three son overheard this little drama. A Q: Are you a Nazi? Democrats, Jews. years. Better yet, he could put the lady came to the door of a pub and A: Yes. A: After the war, it will be entire German Army on one side, called to her husband: "George, otherwise in the United and with his two pearl-handled re- why don't you come in and drink * * , * volvers, take 'em on by himself.— your beer—it's getting cold!" Q: Were you in the Hitler A: Yes. If the civil popula- States. John Rossel, Field Dirdctor, Am. • o Youth and "the Nazi tion of Germany can * * # Red. Cross. And then there is the chairborne Children's organization stick it, then we'll win Q: There won't be those * * * commando who is all for winning (Pimpf) ? the war—but bemoans the fact that the war. people any more? They Still Shoot at Us A: Yes. it must be done in triplicate. * * * A: They will disappear. You will find enclosed some • • • * * * Q: If Germany wins the What do you dcrwith a kid photos clipped from today's news- M/Sgt. Ross. Cutrera reminds us Q: Will Germany win the war, will you punish like that? papers. They show Yanks (?) sym- that way back in October, 1941, pathetically fraternizins with Ger- some of the boys used to chant war? . the United States? Anybody got any ideas? mans just across the border. Isn't "O-H-I-O" (Over the Hill in Octo- there an article of war making this ber). Today they still chant "O-H- a crime? What are these three I-O" but it means "Over Hitler in GIs fighting, anyhow? It can't be October." war. May; 2 it's a new kind of • • .* picnic. i—S/Sgt. E. Brinkman. for front-line troops and gasoline saturated terrain, manned the rangements one night for a rare * * * for the Third Army. undamaged guns in the tank repast of bacon and eggs the next Of War But Not Vote Age * * * and KO'd a Nazi anti-tank gun morning. He hid the delicacies The ballots are coming thrpugh! and ammunition truck before and when he awoke, early, he pre- /^PL. Marion F. Foulk, of Arcadia, My buddies in the office, in the the unsuspecting Germans had pared his breakfast. The eggs were ^ Kan., equipped with a bazooka field, in the billets are. all racking a chance to discover what had fried, the bacon crisp, the coffee and an engaging personality, argued their brains to attempt to make happened^ steaming. a German officer and 100 of his ( As Gritter poised his fork for the their vote count for the best—es- men into surrendering while a * * *• * pecially when so much legislation attack, a messenger arrived with and six, will ya?" "Yes," smirked small-arms fight raged a short dis- TTOT showers are a distinct no- word that the Cpl. was to report and effort has been put forth to the clerk politely, "and how will tance away. Supervising the con- velty to most soldiers in to 1/Lt. Robert E. Jirousek", liaison bring the*ballot box to the fox- you have it, sir—heads or tails?" struction of a road-block, Foulk dis- France, but not to members of the officer, immediately for a trip to boles. * • * persed his men on both sides of aviation engineer company com- their tank battalion. Yet there are men who have ac- Post-War Project Department: A the road as a German convoy swept manded by Capt. Robert Wymer, of Without a word (they say) Grit- tually shed their blood and have sharpie we know named Lefton into view. The Nazi column stop- Poland, Ohio. The outfit boasts its ter abandoned his feast and re- given their lives, and have never plans to make his peace-time living ped, the commanding officer jumped own portable shower room. ported. had an opportunity to vote for the selling imitation fire insurance po- from his truck and his troops Mounted on a reclaimed one-ton country they sacrificed for. It licies to people who own imitation started firing on the Americans. Army trailer, the shower unit is * * * equipped with two salvaged belly Beems logical that anyone who has fire-places. Foulk and Pvt. John D. Foster, of INK-CHEEKED and healthy, his been called upon to sacrifice for tanks from a bomber, one for cold P black frock coat and homburg his country (and every soldier is water; the other for hot. A reclaim- standing out among GI combat uni- ed boiler using diesel fuel heats the sacrificing something, whether it be Private Breger forms like a dress suit on a football water and four shower points job, home, blood or life) should be field, Archbishop Francis J. Spell* furnish outlets. considered old enough to have a man, of New York, was encoun- "We can have hot water 20 min- yoice in his government. tered in the midst of the Siegfried utes after we set up the -unit," Yours, my voting buddies, is an Line pillboxes by Stars and Strides important function in the govern- Wymer said. "All we have to do isf pump water into the tanks, turn reporter Andy Rooney. ment. You are voting in a demo- on the heat and soon we have The archbishop bowls around the cracy that your comrades have died enough hot water to supply the combat areas in a jeep, and every- to preserve, and it is privilege, a entire company." where the MPs snap to attention because even some of your superiors and salute the roly-poly figure, even * * * and buddies don't have it. Do you though they are not sure just who 4 MEDICAL officer called down know of any other army that per- he is. Spellman returns a gesture ■f* Sgt. Barney Thompson, of mits the men to vote for their own which is something between a wave Henderson, Ky., for toting a .45 commander-in-chief? and a salute. pistol. Surprised, the sarge ex- So, you guys who are doing the Sunday, the well-known Catholic, plained he was supposed to carry voting, remember that you're doing who is military bishop for both the weapon as do other armored mine and thousands of other GIs Army and Navy, said mass in division men. The officer had con- a also. Do it sensibly!—T/5 Don fused Barney with his identical church at Kornelimunster, a small Bredbenner, Port Bn. town sandwiched between rows twin, Pvt. Quincymhompson. in of dragon's teeth along the Siegr THE STABS AND STRIPES * * ' * When S/Sgt. Joseph S. Lar- fried Line. He was assisted by the Printed at the New York Herald son of Denvers, Minn., hopped local German clergy, and he told Tribune printing establishment, 21 rue Rooney they were perfectly friendly de Berri, Paris, for the U.S. armed into a foxhole to escape a blaz- lorces, under auspices of the Special ing battle nearby, he poked the and correct. Services Division, ETOUSA. Mot for Spellman's sermon touched on' distribution to civilians. Telephone: barrel of his rifle into the face Elysees 73-44. of a German corporal, who'd war sacrifices and hardships. Trie Contents passed by the U.S. Army beaten him to the hole, and congregation was composed mainiM and Navy censors; subscription, 260 came out with another candi- of GIs. francs per year plus postage. ETO As was his custom in rear areas, edition entered as second class matter date for the P/W cage. Mar. 15, 1943, at the post office. New Spellman told men at the front York, N.Y., under the act of Mar. 3, * * * that, if they would write out the 1878. All material appearing in this AN excited Frenchman ran up publication has been written and names and addresses of relatives edited by members of the Army and to Cpl. Wallace Ansardi, of at home, he would write games—if Yanks Win line. His left arm was amputated the Tigers and Browns each lose Just above the elbow when he was four of their six games. If one three years old, the result of a of the leaders wins three games, NEW YORK, Sept. 26. —Connie mishap while tinkering with a the best the Yanks can get is a Mack's Athletics, not going any- washing machine. tie; four victories for either the where in particular so far as the Before matriculating to Michigan Tigers or Browns will mathema- race is concerned, State, Trahan starred in tennis and tically eliminate the defending caused additional consternation track in high school. champions. among the leaders yesterday by The Yankees finish with a humbling the Tigers, 2-1, permitting * * * four-game series against the the Browns to climb back into a Post-war tennis stars will come Browns, while the Tigers play tie for first place. 4> from the nation's high schools and four games against the Senators. Russ Christopher's four-hitter ' colleges instead of from among re- and a timely double by Ivy Hall turning veterans, according to 1/Lt that produced the clinching marker Prankie Shields. And Frankie in the sixth pinned the defeat on should know what he's talking Cadets Ready Rufe Gentry. The A's turned in 16 about because he was a top flight assists, evidence of how Christopher amateur star during the "30s and For Tarheels had the Bengals beating the ball Still wields a mean racquet. into the ground. "When a tennis player reaches his Laabs Heads Browns 26th birthday," Prankie contends, NEW YORK, Sept, 26. — Last "he's ready for the junk pile. In week's opening slate of college grid- Limiting the opposition to singles fact, most of the stars during the iron warfare furnished a line on by Ray Partee and Skeeter New- past two decades were finished long first opponents for Army and Navy, some, Nelson Potter twirled the before they reached that age." which are expected to dominate the Browns to a 3-0 shutout over tne What Shields says is true because eastern football picture this year. Red Sox and lift- t perennial Big Bill Tilden is the The Cadets shouldn't have much ed the Browns only netter who maintained his trouble with North Carolina when into a deadlock brilliant pace after hitting. 26. In- they take the field Saturday. The for the lead. cidentally, Frankie probably select- Tarheels' rumored immaturity was Chet Laabs ed 26 because' he retired from big confirmed by their 7-0 defeat at the sparked the St. time competition at that age. hands of Wake Forest, while the Louis assault on Shciughnessy's T-Formation West Pointers have a surplus of Clem Dreisewerd / * * * stellar talent. and Frank Bar- -The death of Mrs. Payne Whit- rett with a two- ney, owner of the Greentree Stables, To Confront Irish Saturday North Carolina Pre-Flight, how- run homer in the brings to mind one of the most un- ever, promises to make things in- third. usual races ever run because it was teresting for the power-laden The dimming her thoroughbred Shut Out, which SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 26. — The Fighting Irish of Middies after their 27-14 victory hopes of the won the race. . . over Clipper Smith's Cherry Point Notre Dame, generally regarded as the nation's outstanding Chet Laabs Yankees were re- In 1940, Sportsman's Park, Chi- Marines. But the gridders from vived once more football team last year, will have its mettle tested come Annapolis, too, are loaded for bear i ^ Bombers chopped their de- cago's half-mile oval, sponsored a tne series of progressive marathons, cul- Saturday when it runs up against the T-formation as charted this year. ficit to three games by subduing minating in a f ourmile grind, which by canny Clark Shaughnessy, professor of football at Pitts- the White Sox twice, 3-1 in 12 in- sent the hayburners around the burgh University. Orioles Knot Series nings and 5-4. Herschel Martin merry-go-round course eight times. chased home all five runs in the Shag, mindful that there might By Beating Buffalo windup with a pair of home runs It was late in October when the N.C. Flyers be someone spying for the Irish in race was staged and the track was to hand the verdict to Walt Dubiel cloaked in near-blackout fog. Shut the stands last Saturday, unveiled BALTIMORE, Sept. 26.—Balti- over Joe Haynes. George Stirn- Out chugged across like a weary Clip Marines only half his attack in swamping more's pennant-winning Orioles put weiss' single, a triple by Johnny milk wagon coolie in about 8:47, West Virginia, 26-13. When Notre the . playoffs Lindell and Nick Etten's two-bag- while track officials had to go out Dame cracks the lid off its '44 cam- into a 3-3 deadlock here last night ger in the 12th netted the early CHAPEL HILL, N.C, Sept. 26.— paign Saturday, the only thing Ed with gasoline lanterns to locate the With Otto Graham, former North- by defeating the , nod to Mel Queen. Orval Grove also-rans. McKeever's pupils will know about 9-3. Stan West was the victor as was the loser. western All-American, running wild, Shag's passing attack will be the * * * the North Carolina Pre-Flight the Orioles blasted Joe Orell and The Indians continued to threaten fact that Pitt didn't use it against Emery Fresko for 11 hits, including Boston's clutch on fourth place by SHORT SHOTS: Teddy Atkin- Cloudbusters thumped the Cherry West Virginia. Point Marines, 27-14, here before a homer by Center Fielder Felix whitewashing the Senators last son, the nation's leading jockey Pitt's vicious running game from Machiewicz. night, 6-0, with Ed Klieman out- during the winter campaign, fin- •*v> 12,0 0,0 Navy the T-formation, however, ground dueling Mickey Haefner. At pre- ally came through with a winner |i trainees. out 296 yards against 22 for the WEINTRAUB SUSPENDED sent the Tribe trails the Bosox by yesterday after 39 straight losing The Cloudbust- Mountaineers. three games. rides which had bettors going ers were stopped NEW YORK Sept. 26. — Giant But West Virginia was not Notre Manager Mel Ott followed up his Cards Rap Dodgers broke in nothing flat During his cold during the Dame and McKeever has a few spree, horseplayers didn't even look first half and suspension of Outfielder Danny An error by Eddie Miksis, Brook- at the horses* names; they merely lagged, 7-6, at tricks up his sleeve for the occa- Gardella last week by today sus- lyn rookie third sacker, paved the bet on Atkinson and let it go at the intermission. sion. .In Joe Gasparella, the Irish pending Phil Weintraub, the club's way for two runs in the ninth and that . . . Gunder "The Wonder" However, Gra- have a forward passing wizard slugging first baseman, for the re- permitted the Cardinals to down Haegg, the flying Swede, yesterday tiam's passes whom experts contend will soon mainder of the season. Ott charged the Bums, 3-1. Harry Brecheen was denied published reports that he started to hit make fans forget a gent named An- Weintraub with "indifferent play- credited with the triumph; Rube and Arne Arrdersson, the world's their targets in gelo Bertelli. ing in recent games." Melton suffered the reversal. Bud- mile champion, would tour the the third quar- dy Kerr's homer in the ninth car- States this winter. Haegg doesn't ter and the ried the Giants and Ace Adams to a 3-2 success over the Reds, Ed mind kicking up cinders on out-' Otto Graham Flyers shoved Major League Results door tracks, but he dislikes run- across three Heusser being the losing . ning on the indoor boards . . . And quick touchdowns to take a com- After the Pirates went through how did Sid Luckman happen to fortable lead. American League National League the motions for one inning to St. Louis 3, Boston 0 (night). Chicago 7-4, Philadelphia 6-1 (twilight- finish a suspended game of Aug. 1 be in the Chicago Bears' lineup Graham's third period one-man- Philadelphia 2, Detroit 1. ^ night; first game," 10 innings). Sunday when they fell before the gang show Included two touchdown New York 3-5, Chicago 1-4 (first game, St. Louis 3, Brooklyn L with a 13-8 victory, the Braves sal- Green Bay Packers? In the Mari- passes and a personal downfield 12 innings). m New York 3, Cincinnati 2. vaged the regularly-scheduled con- Cleveland. 6, Washington 0 (night) Boston 5, Pittsburgh 4 (13 innings). test, 5-4, in 13 frames. Bob Elliott time Service, Luckman received a jaunt of 27 yards for the third. Detroit 84 64 .568 W. L. Pet. G.B. furlough to participate in the Col- St. Louis 84 64 .568 ... St. Louis 102 46 .689 ... personally accounted for all Pitts- lege All-Stars game last month, New York 81 «7 .547 3 Pittsburgh 88 60 .5*5 14 burgh runs with two homers, but 4 Art Cuccurullo, Ray Starr, Xavier turn to duty. Yet he was very Take One-Game Lead Chicago 69 79 .465 15 New York 65 82 .443 36|£ much present Sunday, according to Philadelphia ... 68 80 .459 16 Boston 61 87 .412 41 Rescigno and Preacher Roe to win. Washington .... 61 87 .412 23 Brooklyn 60 88 .405 42 Green Bay defenders who had to Philadelphia ...' 58 89 .395 i3'A LEONARD SUCCEEDS BEE contend with his passes. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.— Leading • Hitters The San Francisco Seals went on G. AB. R. H. Pet. Leading Hitters NEW YORK, Sept. 26—Lt. Cmdr. LOUISVILLE AHEAD, 3-0 an eight-run rampage in the fourth Johnson, Boston 138 500 106 163 .326 G. AB. R. H. Pet. Benny Leonard, who retired unde- inning to beat Oakland,- 9-3, in the Doerr, Boston 125 468 93 152 .325 Walker, Brooklyn 141 513 Tf 186 .363 feated as world's lightweight cham- ST. PAUL, Sept. 26.—The Louis- Boudreau, Cleveland.. 143 557 90 181 .324 Musial, St. Louis 142 552 107 190 .344 third game of their Pacific Coast Pox, Boston 120 491 72 156 .318 Medwick, New York... 126 489 65 165 .337 pion, has been named to succeed ville Colonels widened their lead League playoff series. The Seals Stirnweiss, New York 148 620 121 197 .318 Hopp, St. Loufs ; 133 509 105 169 .332 Lt. Cmdr. Clair Bee, former Long over St. Paul to 3-0 in games by now lead, two games to one. Hitters W. Cooper, St. Louis 107 378 54 122 .323 Etten, New York, 21; Stephens, St. Island University basketball coach, winning last night, 2-1, in the Neil Sheridan, Jac Cavalli and Home Run Hitters as recreation and morale officer at American Association playoffs, The Louis, 19; Lindell, New York, and John- Nicholson, Chicago, 33; Ott. New York, Moe Prinz led the onslaught, each son, Boston, 17. 26; Northey, Philadelphia, 20. the Maritime Service's Sheepshead teams play the fourth game to- clubbing three hits. Floyd Stromme Runs Batted In Runs Batted In Bay Training Station. night. was the victim of the uprising. Stephens, St. Louis. 103; Johnson, Bos- Nicholson, Chicago, 113; Elliott, Pitts- ton, 100; Lindell, New York. 94. burgh, 105; Sanders, St. Louis, 101. Help Wanted L —AND GIVEN Write your question or problem to J Help Wanted, The Stars and Stripes L Paris, France. APOs WANTED A PL. Beatrice Traverse; Sgt. E. R. C Thompson, Albequerque, N.M.; Ralph B Tahto, East Hempstead, N.Y.; Cpl. James B. Urton, Med. Det.; Donald Yost, Pater- N son, N.J.; S/Sgt. Kenneth L. Lucas; Pvt. Amos J. Slater, Bisbee, Ariz.; T/4 Charles E L. Ford; Pvt. Edwin J. Fitigerald. Law- renceville, 111.; Sgt. Shenwood Murray. R Vermont ; Joe Tanski, Cleveland, Ohio ; T/Sgt. William A. Stott; S/S. Moses E. Mallett, Jasper, Tex.; Lt. Sylvia K. John- son, Lt. Doris Weverstad, Minneapolis. Page 4 THE STARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, Sept. 27,1944

3 Red Armies U.S. Girl Interprets at Front in GI Garb Land Suggests Merchant-Ship Hammering at Chicago Miss Is Getting Gates of Riga Even With Gestapo 'Crisis' Hoard And French Jail WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Rear While three Russian armies bat- Adm. Emory S. I*nd, war shipping tered at the defenses of Riga, capi- By Ralph Harwood administrator, told a House mer- tal of Latvia, from south, north and Stars and Stripes Staff Writer. chant marine subcommittee today east, the Germans yesterday sent WITH U.S. FORCES NEAR that after the war the U.S. should establish a "sanctuary" of between up fighter planes in force in a METZ, Sept. 26.—At the front there 500 and ? COO merchant vessel* desperate bid to protect their com- is a good-looking girl in GI uniform which would be untouchable except munications as they polled back in emergencies. into Riga and islands in the bay who speaks English with the un- mistakable accent of a Middlewest- Aside from this shipping reserve. behind. ern American. She speaks French Land advocated an American mer- The Soviet First Army, driving up chant marine adequate to carry 40 from the south, was reported in the like a native, too, and that's her reason for being here. Her name to 50 percent of America's foreign "outskirts" of Riga, but the other trade, with a subsidy to shipping two forces were meeting stiffer re- is Monica Storrs, and she calls Chi- cago home, although she hasn't been, operators to offset lower foreign sistance. The Second Army,- due operating costs. there for five years. east of the port, was hammering Land said it "might reverberate strong enemy defenses behind the Anxious as she is to get back, very uneconomically" and would be "winter line," which had been however, she doesn't plan on going "one of the prime movers r' World until her service as ah interpreter smashed earlier. The Germans Stars and Stripes photo by Braentigam. War IIT" if the U.S. required all north of Riga were launching re- for a cavalry reconnaisance troop American goods to be carried in peated and fierce counter-attacks. is no longer needed. Monica Storrs, 25, American girl Who "joined" the Army here when American vessels. * freed from a Gestapo jail, poses with members of cavalry recon At Tours When Nazis Struck He said he hoped the government unit she accompanies as interpreter. Left to right, T/5 Clarence E. would sell government-owned fast ^ Easier to Pronounce 'Bor' Miss Storrs was in France with Miller, .of Adrian, Mich., Alfred Pairen, of the FFI, Miss Storrs LONDON, Sept. 26.—Gen. "Bor," her parents in 1939 when the war merchant vessels to private Amer- ^ and Lt. Robert Downs, of Harrisburg, Pa. ican operators and surpluses to any commander-in-chief of the Polish broke out. The family remained in Home Army fighting in Warsaw, the country and was at Tours when of the United Nations., He denied up to the men of the cavalry recon hundreds of miles in northern and that new fast freighters were being has confirmed a German report the lightning German breakthrough northeastern France, dashing into occurred in 1940. Although they troop which had entered the town turned over to Britain under Lend* that his real name is Lt. Geh. Ta- first and identified herself. scores of towns and villages to get Lease. . _ deusz Komorowski. could not get out, they had the Surprised as the men were to first-hand information about the freedom of occupied France as find an American girl in Blois, th£y enemy for the infantry unit to PEP TALK, INDIAN STYLE long as America remained a non- were much more surprised when which they're attached. GALLUP, N.M., , Sept. 26.—In- belligerent. Monica, then 21 years GI Divorces Wife she asked if she could accompany Monica isn't particularly concern- formed that_his son was wounded old, decided to study nursing them as an interpreter. ed with just what her military in action in the Pacific, a Navajo Who Shitted Up to Miss Storrs eventually became status is and what would happen Indian rushed the following mes- the head of a district for the fc A Deal Is Made to her if she were captured by the sage to the soldier: "If' you are Brass on His Cash French Red Cross, but her luck A hurried conference among the enemy. wounded in the leg and can't broke and she was denounced by men and it was a deal. Monica There have been close calls, but march you should tell the Army French ' collaborators at Blots in Storrs was in—unofficially, true, Miss Storrs enjoys the excitement. and come home. If you are not Stars and Stripes U.S. Bureau < July, 1944. The Gestapo took her but then Hoyle goes by the board Now that she knows her parents wounded in the leg, get up pronto KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 26.— into cutody and she spent 21 plenty at the front, and this was are safe in liberated territory, her and shoot some more Japs." A GI private fighting in France, miserable days in jail. clearly a' case of military expe- principal worry is what this business whose bride allegedly squandered The day that advance American diency. of batting about the countryside CORKY KELLY'S STEP-BROTHER his pay on a captain now in the units approached Blois, Monica The troop lost no time in getting day anc night in a peep is doing WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Corky South Pacific, was granted a was released along with other their new "member" a GI outfit, for her appearance. Kelly, the four-year-old son of the divorce recently in Jackson County prisoners, by French patriots. complete from shoes like she never "When I get back to the States late hero Capt. Colin P. Kelly Jr., Circuit Court with neither husband, Rankling from Gestapo treatment wore before to helmet netting. That after this is over," she said, "I'm, has a step brother. Corky's mother, wife nor co-respondent present. and anxious to be of service to her was Aug. 15, and she's been with going to spend three d, s of every who is now the wife of a Navy Mrs. Bessie Selsor was the only country, this American girl walked the outfit since. They've covered week at the hairdresser's!" lieutenant, gave birth to a son six witness, representing her son, Pvt. weeks ago, it was disclosed yester- James O. Bryant, but she presented day. She remarried last October. a story which was enough for Fourth Armored Judge Paul Buzard, World War I Allied Advance 'Chutists Wage STUDY POST-WAR RUBBER veteran, to grant the divorce on Wins a Tribute WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Ex- ^ grounds of adultery. perts of the U.S., British and w A letter from the captain to the In Italy Slow For Aid in Drive Battle to Death Netherlands governments will soon private's wife found by Bryant's begin studies of post-war rubber sister and offered as evidence, said: Ferocious counter-attacks by the WITH THE FOURTH ARMOR- (Continued from Page 1) problems. They will consider pro- "The reason I kissed you a hun- ED DIV., Sept. 26.—A message of Aachen down to the. Meurthe Val- duction, manufacture and use of Germans north of the broken Go- both crude and synthetic rubber, dred times at the train was because congratulation has been sent to the ley. thic Line yesterday slowed, but Only one small enemy counter- according to an announcement by I was thinking how much I love Fourth Armored Division for its you." failed to stop the advance of the attack was reported in the First the State department. fighting toward Germany by a Bryant's lawyer said: -"A private Fifth and Eighth Armies. Ameri- Army sector, where Yank patrols shouldn't be paying 'an allotment corps commander. penetrated Aachen's defenses. They FRILLS RETURN ON V-DAY cans driving north from Futa Pass WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—When for his wife to spend on another The message was received by reported that most of the German were pushing toward Bologna Maj. Gen. John S. Wood, com- residents had been evacuated and the European war ends, restrictions bird—especially a captain." on feminine dress styles will end The Bryants were married Dec. against heavy opposition, while the mander of the Fourth Armored. that the city was well fortified. 11, 1943, six hours before the soldier The message read:— In the Moselle sector, where the too, the WPB announced. The-re- Eighth Army crossed the Rubicon strictions have resulted in the left for a port of embarkation. "Heartiest congratulations. An- Third Army is 20 miles from the at two places, occupied San^Bene- other -job quickly and well done. Siegfried Line," activity slackened shortest skirts in years and aboli- ditto and drove the Germans from So far, your command has been yesterday after a day in which the tion of any frills. Because of textile shortage, no great changes in styles Propose $3,000,000 the heights of Monte Scarabattole the spearhead of this corps, which Americans repelled Continuous coun- led all others in advanace to the are expected. Express Highway Net and Monte Carnevale. The Ger- ter-attacks. In one assault eight east." of 13 German tanks were knocked FLOWER MAY BLCOM A STAR mans were said to have suffered out. * heavy losses. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Presi- WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. — A The Germans were reported to be dent Roosevelt today was reported high-speed post-war highway sys- to be considering Mayor Fiorello tem able to serve an estimated using large numbers of self-propelled General Tire Plans Lab guns and Tiger tanks to stiffen the Guts . . . . LaGuardia, of New York, as a mem- 10,000 motor vehicles was envisioned For Rubber, Akron's 3d ber of the Allied Control Commis- ' by sponsors of road construction le- savage resistance by infantry and paratroops. Aided by heavy rain (Continued from Page 1) sion for Italy. LaGuardia probably gislation which will be ready for •AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 26.—The would be made a brigadier general Senate consideration this week. and mud-clogged roads,' they were an-hour tide carried them 500 yards General Tire and Rubber Co. has Sen. Carl Hayden, (D.-Ariz.) said attempting to set up a new line announced plans for a research WISHFUL WHISTLE he would move to take up the pend- along the forward slopes of the high west. The men had to get out of laboratory to cost $500,000. This DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 26.—Dallas ing $3,000,000 road construction pro- ground north of the Gothic Line. the boats and drag them back to is the third such project for Akron. is suffering from "V-Day" jitters. posal as soon as there are enough the starting opint.. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. A whistle on a freight train stuck members on the floor to give it Again the boats braved the river, and the Goodyear Tire and Rubber and several hundred residents de- proper consideration. He made this Prettiest Wac the men' paddling like mad. Ma- Co. have already built research cided right away it signaled the ^ statement after Senate Majority chine-gun bullets were ripping the laboratories. end of Hitler. Leader Alban W. Barkley (D.-Ky.) The General plant will delve into revealed steps had been taken to water and coming closer. Finally GRIPSHOLM REACHES U.S. they were no longer hitting the plastics as well as rubber and syn- recall senators who were not in- thetic, according to an announce- JERSEY CITY, Sept. 26 (AP).— cluded in the bare quorum available water. They hit something more •solid, said Col. R. H. Tucker, of ment by President William O'Neil. The SS Gripsholm, bearing 219 . It will be built behind the General last week. Amsonis, Conn. seriously sick and -wounded Amer- Eight boats returned from the plant on Englewood Avenue. ican officers and men, exchanged Rudolf Hess Is Removed second trip. Some had landed for disabled German prisoners at with three dead and four wounded Yank Becomes Sniper Goteborg, Sweden, has arrived here. To War Prisoner Camp out of a boatload of 11 combat in- PUBLISHER DIES fantrymen. Some'crews had bailed With a 75'mm. Gun LOS ANGELAS, Sept. 26—Harry, LONDON, Sept. 26.—Ruuolf Hess, out. But finally the job was done. Chandler, 80, publisher of the Los formerly Hitler's deputy, who was The Americans quickly overwhelm- WITH U.S. AIRBORNE Angeles Times and prominent Paci- interned after flying to Britain in ed the Nazi fortress. . TROOPS IN HOLLAND, Sept. fic Coast financier, di d here. 1941, is now in a British, prisoner of ] "You'd never have got American 22 (Delayed) (AP).—Lt. John war camp where he eats the same troops out of a* fortress like that," Spooner gave evidence of his Hints Sweden Will Fight food as his guards, Sir James Grigg, said Tucker. marksmanship heritage today minister of war, disclosed 'in the Meanwhile, veterans of Sicily and when with a field-artillery gun If Border Is Violated House of Commons today. Hess Normandy had been engaged in he picked a German observer fierce fighting at the Nijmegen from a telephone pole at 6,000 has a radio and is allowed to listen WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. —> to British and foreign newscasts. end of the bridge. "The enemy yards. fought with fanaticism never be- The Wilmington (N.C.) sol- Swedish Minister W. J. Bostrom, Previously, Hess was being de- asked if Sweden would fight if tained in a private house. fore experienced by our veterans," dier got his man after firing said Lt. Col. Benjamin Vander- three smoke bursts and then German troops in Finland and Nor- way attempted to retire across her NEW PLATES FOR CARS coort, of Columbus, Ohio. ten rounds with a 75-mm. The Finally both ends of the bridge feat didn't exactly please his territory, said yesterday, "I should CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 26.— think so." Wyoming motorists will new were seized and British tanks rolled commanding officer, who figures across. But it was due to the that the ammunition cost tax- The minister talked with reporters metal license plates for 1945 to rfrt. Kathleen McCann of De- after spending a half hour with • replace plates which have been in troit, was named the prettiest Dutch underground that it was not payers $100, where "the infan- blown up. The Germans wired try kills Germans at five cents Secretary of State Cordell Hull, use for several years. However, WAG in America at a New during which, he indicated, he di*-^ the bridge for mining, but the a round." only one will be issued for each Jersey state fair service beauty cussed Sweden's position. fF vehicle, instead of two. contest. partisans kept the wires cut.